Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

January 2010 Issue

• New patent law office opens
  Rainier Patents has opened a branch in Kennewick, Wash. The company represents technology companies and emerging companies with technological assets and specializes in protecting intellectual property and managing clients' patent, copyright, and trademark needs. more...
• Procurement Technical Assistance Center opens
  A Washington State Procurement Technical Assistance Center has opened in Kennewick, Wash. The center is located at the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce office on Grandridge Boulevard. more...
• ScienceWorksForUS initiative
  An initiative funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has funded a new initiative designed to demonstrate the impact of Recovery Act-funded research. more...
• Meier Architecture Engineering expands capabilities
  Meier Architecture Engineering has added a new structural project engineer and another staff member has passed the civil professional engineer exam. more...

• ARPA-E grant funding available
  The Department of Energy has announced that a second round of funding opportunities for transformational energy research projects will be made available through the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. more...
• Global Venture Challenge competition
  Applications are being accepted for the Global Venture Challenge that will be held in March in Oak Ridge, Tenn. more...
• Life Science Development Fund grant funding
  The Life Sciences Discovery Fund will provide grant funding through four grant competitions in 2010. more...
• Boeing seeks heat pack technology
  Boeing needs a non-electrical portable heat pack that will cure a repair patch at 180° (F) for durations ranging from 30 minutes to four hours. more...
• Environmental research and development proposals requested
  The Department of Defense is accepting environmental research and development proposals for funding under the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. more...
• Resources online
  1) The column "Tri-Cities consistently ranked among the best" was published in the Tri-City Herald on November 29. more...

• Going Green, Making Green seminar
  JANUARY 20. REGISTER BY JANUARY 12. Dennis Wilde will be the next speaker in the Tri-Cities Research District Speaker Series. more...
• Regional Economic Outlook event
  JANUARY 27. The Tri-Cities Development Council will host the 11th Annual Regional Economic Outlook at the Trade Recreation and Agriculture Center in Pasco, Wash. more...
• Harvesting Clean Energy 2010
  FEBRUARY 7-9. The 10th annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference will be held at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Wash., in February. more...
• Entrepreneurial Awards luncheon
  FEBRUARY 16. The Richland Rotary and Tri-Cities Development Council will hold the annual Entrepreneurial Awards luncheon on February 16 at the Red Lion in Richland, Wash. more...
• Global Venture Challenge conference
  MARCH 24-26. The 4th Annual Global Venture Challenge will be held in March in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The event brings together teams of graduate students from around the world to compete for prizes by addressing the world's future needs in energy and security. more...
• Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference
  MARCH 16-17. The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association will hold the first Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference in Seattle in March. more...
• Washington's Innovation Summit 2010
  APRIL 9. REGISTER BY MARCH 5 FOR DISCOUNTED RATE. The Washington Technology Center will hold Washington's Innovation Summit 2010 in April in Tacoma, Wash. more...

• Six PNNL scientists elected AAAS Fellows
  Six scientists from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for their exceptional efforts to advance science or its applications. more...
• PNNL scientist to lead Smart Grid panel
  A researcher at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been appointed as the plenary chair of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel. more...
• Advanced water power technology research
  Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are part of a team being funded to develop advanced water power technologies. more...
• Former PNNL researcher wins E.O. Lawrence Award
  A former researcher at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of six winners of the Department's prestigious 2009 E.O. more...
• Young scientist places first in national research competition
  A recent intern at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory earned top honors at a national undergraduate competition for research that could help scientists use fungi to make chemicals used in plastic and fuels. more...

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Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.